Advice Request Porn blackmail scam: Have you ever received an email like this?

[fabiobr]

Below it's a porn blackmail scam that I have received: Have you ever received an email like this?


And it's a real old password that I don't use anymore.

 

[Thales]

I already saw this. Weak scam but could work for very inexperienced users.

 

[oldschool]

I haven't seen this one but they probably got your old password from some hack of another website maybe you used in the past. Definitely a phishing scam. Delete and forget about it!

 

[Zero Knowledge]

Yeah everyone who has ever been in a password breach has got one of these. To be honest I'm quite flattered someone is watching me watch porn but sadly I don't think they are the opposite sex. Bummer.

 

[Nevi]

It's just a variant of the old blackmail scam as several has told. Delete it and forget it. I looked through my spam folder last week, and there was 2 of the kind.

 

[ErzCrz]

We get these every so often. It'll have been sold data from when your account details from some site had been hacked. https://haveibeenpwned.com/ nothing to worry about, they won't have installed malware or anything, just a scare email trying to get people to pay bitcoins. Change your password often. You can use Find out if you’ve been part of a data breach Firefox Monitor to tell you when you're details have been hacked.

EDIT: Microsoft are coming out with a similar service but not released yet I don't think.

Eric